Max Lambert 🦫🦅🦌🐢🐸🏙💦

You may have heard of the amphibian #chytrid fungus Last year Scheele et al. claimed chytrid caused >500 species declines. Scary! But it's not true. We tried to reproduce their claims with their own data & methods Read our reanalysis & comment here 1/ science.sciencemag.org/content/367/64…

2025 in #Science. Publications aren't the most important thing, but they can be a fun record of a year's portfolio. I enjoyed looking back on my studies and reports that came out in 2025. The below figures showcase that diversity of research - all relied on diverse partnerships

Housing or trees? Science says "why not both?" 🌲 🏡 🏢 🌲 We need housing. We also need trees. Our new research across western Washington shows that gaining housing at the expense of trees is not inevitable #winwin #conservation #housing #biodiversity conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

@ScrapNaturalist Looks pretty good on a book too!

so grateful to have one of my favorite murals, this San Francisco garter snake by Sonny Behan (sonnysundancer on IG), on my morning run. ✨

I know less about football than I do about raptors, so this superbOwl I'm all about those eagles I cut my teeth in conservation with raptors! Lots of lovely science on birds of prey at Peregrine Fund and Cornell peregrinefund.org/explore-raptor… allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse/s…

Come work with us! The Schell Lab is looking for a new postdoc to work on urban biodiversity initiatives in the Bay Area and throughout California. The future postdoc will also be an integral partner of the California Urban Nature Alliance. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04719

ESPM PhD candidate Robin López (@hoodecologist) was appointed mayor of Albany on Dec. 9. First elected in 2022, López is the first person of Latino and mixed-Indigenous (Purepecha) ancestry to serve on the city council and as mayor. Congratulations, Robin! ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2024/12/r…

Love that Olympia's city staff drive vehicles decorated in winter garb and lights across the different neighborhoods each year. Amazing way to celebrate city employees and the holiday season ❄️☃️🧑‍🎄🎄🚒🚔🚚

So excited to see this paper out. We found that: •Non-LGTBQIA+ scientists overestimate the degree to which LGBTQIA+ respondents feel included in conservation •LGBTQIA+ scientists feel up to 50% less safe and a lower sense of belonging at work conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

@EstienCesar Yusssss Can't believe that PhD is already done

last friday, i got to give the finishing talk for my phd and (informally) become dr. estien!! cheers to all the first-gen students chatting into the unknown, and the many unseen community members supporting us along the way :) if you want the link to the recording, lmk!! 💝

@jessdbateman 💚💚💚👏👏👏

Today my Senate colleagues voted to make me Chair of the Senate Housing Committee beginning in 2025. As chair, I will continue the fight to lower housing costs, expand our supply of housing, support first-time homebuyers, increase affordable housing & stabilize renters.

I'll be shifting to bluesky. I've already heavily shifted off of this platform and X/Twitter is basically dead. bsky.app/profile/maxlam…

Well one thing’s for sure—never give up. Trump knows this all too well. For the rest of us who believe in human rights and democracy, we’re never giving up either. It’s another long uphill battle but I’m here for it. I know we can be better than this—we will persevere ❤️

Every election I pull out and reread this pocket constitution that I received in Competition Government class in high school many years ago. Lots of emotions and issues at stake this election and the past few before Time to vote Americans. If you haven't already, get it done

@dudney_joan Everything you photograph is art!

@MaxRLambert Looks like art!

Fall emergence 💛🍂🍄

Voting starts today! Tell everyone you know and their dog to vote NO on 2117 🗳️🌎